Victor Cruz would like the Giants to draft an outside receiver

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Apr 24, 2014

One player who certainly agrees with that is Victor Cruz. That seems unlikely, though, and the Giants may not be able to grant Cruz’s wish for receiver help until later in the draft. “A [big-play receiver] is something we need in this offense to be succes… (more)sful,” Cruz said. On NFL Network Thursday, Cruz lobbied for the team to draft another receiver capable of putting up big numbers outside in the first round. Cruz said Texas A&M’s Mike Evans fit the bill as the kind of receiver he’d like to see join him on the Giants offense and the Giants would probably be thrilled to see Evans still on the board when they are ready to make the 12th pick in the first round. The Giants got very little out of wide receiver Hakeem Nicks the last two years, which led the Giants to put forth very little effort to stop him from leaving as a free agent and offered a big reminder of how much better the Giants offense looks with an outside receiver drawing the attention of the defense. Cruz burst to stardom while drawing a lot of single coverage out of the slot because Nicks was a bigger concern for opposing defenses, but saw his productivity dip in 2013 as defenses stopped worrying about Nicks and other Giants targets.

Cruz: Giants should draft Aggies WR Evans

Victor Cruz knows what the Giants should do with the 12th pick of this year's NFL draft: Grab a replacement for the departed Hakeem Nicks. That's something the Giants' "definitely" need, Cruz said during an interview Thursday on NFL Network.